Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Its History, Impact, and the Pink …
Sep 18, 2023 · National Breast Cancer Awareness Month began as a weeklong event in 1985. It was organized by the ACS and the pharmaceutical division of Imperial Chemical Industries, which later became part of ...
Cancer Management & Treatment | Cancer Research & Drug Trials
Cancer Therapy Advisor offers the latest cancer management and treatment info, cancer research news, and more for oncologists and medical professionals.
Cancer Patients and Vaccines: Who and When to Vaccinate
Mar 28, 2024 · Patients should typically receive vaccines 2-4 weeks before cancer treatment, but non-live vaccines can be given during or after certain treatments. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO ...
Extended Letrozole Prolonged Survival in Postmenopausal Patients …
Oct 18, 2021 · Extended treatment with letrozole significantly improved survival in postmenopausal patients with early-stage breast cancer, according to results of a phase 3 trial published in The Lancet ...
What It Means To Be a Breast Cancer Survivor
Breast cancer treatments can have lasting impacts on survivors, including cardiotoxicity, hypothyroidism, weight gain, lymphedema, and other side effects. 4. Cindy experienced weight gain while ...
Dostarlimab Plus Niraparib Up PFS in Advanced, Recurrent …
Mar 17, 2024 · The median PFS was not reached in the dostarlimab-niraparib arm and was 7.9 months in the chemotherapy-alone arm (HR, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.24-0.96; P =.0174). The 12-month PFS rates were 64.4% and 40.8 ...
Very Low PSA Levels Associated With Increased Risk for Cancer …
September 16, 2015. Patients with prostate cancer who have low prostate antigen (PSA) levels ≤2.5 ng/mL or 2.6 to 4 ng/mL have a higher risk for cancer-specific death compared with patients ...
Biosimilars in Oncology: Barriers to Wider Use
Aug 13, 2024 · In a study published in 2019, 74% of oncology clinicians surveyed could not give a satisfactory definition of biosimilars, and 40% said biosimilars were the same as generic drugs. 8 About 20% of ...
How the BCG Shortage Has Affected Patients With Bladder Cancer
Apr 12, 2023 · The researchers noted that the BCG shortage has had downstream effects on the cost of treating bladder cancer in the US. When the BCG shortage was most severe, in 2014 and 2015, there was an ...
Men With Prostate Cancer Metastasized to the Liver Have Worst …
Mar 8, 2016 · Men whose castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) has metastasized to the liver have the worst overall median survival when compared with those with lymph-only, lung, or bone metastases, the ...